Added XML to CSV script.

db/xmltocsv.php

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+<?php
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Mark J. Headd
+ * 
+ * This file is part of Toronto Child Care Finder
+ * 
+ * Toronto Child Care Finder is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Toronto Child Care Finder is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Toronto Child Care Finder.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ * 
+ * This script can be used to convert the data file containing licensed Child Care
+ * centers in Toronto from XML to CSV format for easier import into a database
+ * like MySQL.
+ * 
+ * XML file is availalbe at http://www.toronto.ca/open/datasets/child-care/
+ * 
+ * To use this script, change the path to childcare.xml to your download location.
+ * Invoke via the command line:
+ * 
+ * 		php xmltocsv.php > ~/childcare.csv
+ *  
+ */
+
+
+
+try {
+
+  	// Change the path to childcare.xml to match your download location.
+	$doc = simplexml_load_file('path_to/childcare.xml');
+  	$centers = $doc->CHILDCARE;
+
+  foreach ($centers as $center) {
+
+	$csv = '';
+	$csv .= trim($center->LOC_ID).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->LOC_NAME).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->LOC_SHORT_NAME).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->AUSPICE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->STR_NO).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->STREET).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->UNIT).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->PCODE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->WARD).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->PHONE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->BLDG_TYPE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->BLDG_NAME).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->IGSPACE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->TGSPACE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->PGSPACE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->SGSPACE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->TOTSPACE).'|';
+	$csv .= trim($center->GEO_ID).'|';
+	$csv .= "\n";
+
+	echo $csv;
+
+  }  
+
+}
+
+catch (Exception $ex) {
+	die("ERROR: ".$ex->getMessage());
+}
+
+?>